Posted February 15, 200718 yr Took a walk over to neighboring neighborhood Shadyside today. We got blasted with a mix of snow and rain yesterday... and some more snow today... I don't know... 7 inches or so? Shadyside is a large beautiful neighborhood just a few blocks away from my place in Bloomfield. Figured it was the perfect neighborhood to photograph after a snowstorm. Entering Shadyside from Bloomfield... The Centre-Baum corridor forms the border between the two neighborhoods and is dominated by many large apartment buildings like this one... The Coronado. RamsayHank posted a much better photo of this church a couple weeks ago looking down at the BRT and the train tracks This is a wood block street... which you can't see obviously looking down the Walnut St. business district tree branches and powerlines were weighed down by a coating of ice back to Walnut St. ... my favourite little watering hole record village has the lamest selection Prantl's and Pamela's are two Shadyside institutions The University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning looms in the distance wonderful crepes gazing at the skyline of East Liberty... the office tower has been vacant for decades... but is finally going condo rare rowhouses Highland Ave. business district one of the city's top restaurants The bridge to East Liberty This Borders is part of a new retail development in East Liberty along the border of Shadyside... seperated by the BRT. The bizarre green dome belongs to the Motor Garden across the street... regional HQ of AAA. work continues Ellsworth St. business district gasp! mmm... tapas! :( considering the paucity of rows in Shadyside... it's somewhat suprising to find a row THIS LONG *test to see if ColDayMan is still looking* the urban cupcake phenomenon two well-known Shadyside establishments a gay video lounge (i dont know what a video lounge is) goodnight
February 15, 200718 yr ColDayMan is looking at a cow holding up a mug of coffee. Or sheep. Or goat. Or a NITTANY LION!!! Anyways, nice shots. Except for the Whole Foods. That could've been discarded...much like Steelers fans. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 15, 200718 yr Absolutely amazing, thanks so much! The banner on the Lutheran church is most interesting, I assume they mean civil union?
February 15, 200718 yr Awesome. Love that church in photos #2. I must make it back to Pittsburgh this spring.
February 15, 200718 yr Wonderful tour. I love the shot through the chain link fence at the busway and railroad. I've seen wood-block floors in old factories where there was heavy traffic, but never heard of a wood-block street. I wonder how they keep them from popping up from expansion when they're wet. In the factory where I worked, the individual blocks were treated with a sealant and then the floor was sealed after installation, but a significant water spill from a broken pipe or sprinkler discharge would still cause a large area to swell and pop up.
February 16, 200718 yr What a wonderful business district that is along Walnut! Very cool....not every business district in a city should be like this (corporaty/trendy), but every city should have at least one to go along with the local yocals!
February 16, 200718 yr Walnut is about half corporate/trendy and half local yokel... and most of the restaurants/bars are local... except for a Max & Erma's... it's a good mix. The Ellsworth and Highland business districts are almost completely local and a bit funkier... but Walnut has the ultimate pedestrian scale to it.
February 16, 200718 yr nice tour. everygrey go back and show us the woodblock street when the snow is gone will ya?
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